Mali President Resigns After Detention by Military

Mali President Resigns After Detention by Military
Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita poses for a picture during the G5 Sahel summit in Nouakchott, Mauritania June 30, 2020. Ludovic Marin /Pool via Reuters/File Photo
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BAMAKO—Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned on Tuesday and dissolved parliament hours after soldiers detained him at gunpoint.

Looking tired and wearing a surgical mask, Keita resigned in a brief address broadcast on state television hours after troops seized him along with Prime Minister Boubou Cisse and other top officials. A banner across the bottom of the television screen referred to him as the “outgoing president” of the former French colony.